No.. not needed and don't care you are a YTuber at all. Does not mean it is needed. Want to record you games go spend the money for a video capture device.. You YTubers think the game should cater to you too much or allow you easier making of video's so you can get your views and subs and likes... when no it should not have ever been like that to begin with.

Theater mode was great for seeing how someone got a kill, spotting and reporting boosters, and on occasion, how ****** you really were by that lag. I can't tell you how many times I saw things happen COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY in theater mode, because of lag problems. But just like they got rid of connection indicating imagery, they got rid of theater mode, to cover up the fact that they have not done a damn thing to fix the #1 complaint about the game series.

Next gen consoles can live stream and save video clips, so they may have also taken it out of the game because they either wanted to push for next gen sales, or figured enough people would still have the capability through the next gen software.

I've noticed a lot of youtubers that played previous CODs extensively have very few Ghosts videos because of the lack of theater mode. It's not a matter of not being able to record what you are doing, since there's plenty of equipment out there to do that, but the ability to see outside of your own 1st person character.

Do you really think developers are going to spend time and money to add a feature that is built in to their future platform. No they will put the time and effort into making better games or making more profit.

If any future release for previous gen has a built in theater option I will be shocked...

.... and yes as stated above... amazing how much little lag there is with out the theater mode